| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Preface; About the Authors; Introduction; Skin deep: an outline of the structureof different skins and how it influencesbehaviour in use; Cuir bouilli armour; Bespoke vellum: some unusual requests; Leather in the textile industry; Why leather in ancient Egyptianchariots?; Why wineskins? |
| Summary |
This pioneering volume brings together specialists from contemporary craft and industry and from archaeology to examine both the material properties and the cultural dimensions of leather. The common occurrence of animal skin products through time, whether vegetable tanned leather, parchment, vellum, fat-cured skins or rawhide attest to its enduring versatility, utility and desirability. Typically grouped together as 'leather', the versatility of these materials is remarkable: they can be soft and supple like a textile, firm and rigid like a basket, or hard and watertight like a pot or gourd |
| Notes |
Chapters originate from a 2011 conference |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Archaeology -- Methodology.
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Leather garments -- History
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Leather goods -- History
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Leatherwork -- Conservation and restoration.
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ART -- Folk & Outsider Art.
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CRAFTS & HOBBIES -- Folkcrafts.
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Archaeology -- Methodology
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Leather garments
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Leather goods
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Leatherwork -- Conservation and restoration
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Harris, Susanna, editor
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Veldmeijer, A. J., editor
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| ISBN |
9088902623 |
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9789088902628 |
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